Sports in brief

The Tufts University baseball Jumbos lost to Williams College, 8-5 May 13 in the 2007 NESCAC Championship game, despite the three-hit performance of freshman catcher Alex Perry of Danvers.

Perry leaves his mark in college title gameThe Tufts University baseball Jumbos lost to Williams College, 8-5 May 13 in the 2007 NESCAC Championship game, despite the three-hit performance of freshman catcher Alex Perry of Danvers.

In the third inning, Perry was sent up to pinch hit, and promptly doubled down the leftfield line, knocking in one run. He scored a run later on in that frame.

In the fifth, Perry walked, stole second, advanced to third on an error, but was stranded there.

In the seventh,the Danvers native singled to center to account for another run. He then went to second on an error by the centerfielder, and later scored on a wild pitch.

In the ninth, Perry singled to right-center, his third hit of the game, in an attempt to start a late rally. But he was left on second when the game ended with the home squad celebrating on the field.

Help wanted

The Danvers High School athletic department is looking for two varsity assistant football coaches, two freshmen coaches and one varsity soccer assistant coach for the upcoming 2007 season.

If interested, call the athletic department at 978-774-7133.Youth football registration

The Danvers Youth Football League will be conducting sign-up/registration on May 24 and June 5 at the Danvers High School cafeteria from 6-7:30 p.m. Prospective players must bring birth certificates. Additional forms can be found online at www.danversyouthfootball.com. Forms will also be available on the above-mentioned registration nights.

Bavaro Brothers Football Clinic

The annual Bavaro Brothers Instructional Football Clinic will be held at Austin Prep High School in Reading from July 16-20. Former pro football players Mark and David Bavaro are the instructors, along with Austin Prep coach Bill Maradei. The clinic is designed to provide expert instruction and an opportunity for young players to develop fundamental football skills, as well as perfect already developed skills. They will accomplish these goals in an exciting, fun atmosphere. Tuition is only $225 (bring your own lunch). Registration and payment deadline is June 30.

For more information, call 978-455-7997 or 978-774-8877.Eye of the Tiger Karate summer enrollment

Eye of the Tiger Karate recently moved to 211 Essex Street, Swampscott. The Karate School is now accepting new students for all classes. Classes for kindergarten children meet on Mondays and Wednesdays and currently have openings. The emphasis is on listening skills, coordination and teamwork. Classes for four-year-olds are currently accepting students as well. Classes for Grades 1-7 meet twice a week and have flexible schedules.

Eye of the Tiger also has separate classes for age 13 through the teenage years. At a time when most children are stopping organized sports by age 13, Eye of the Tiger attracts these same children because of its non-threatening atmosphere and leadership development and life skills programs.

For information about any of these classes, call Audrey at 781-595-KICK.

You want results, we want results

Do have any sports-related story ideas, game summaries, briefs or recreational events that you’d like to see published in the Danvers Herald? Do you know of any local athletes or teams who you’d like to see covered in the sports section? If so, we want to hear from you.

Contact sports editor Joe McConnell at 978-739-1324 for more information. Game summaries and press releases can be emailed directly to jmcconne@cnc.com, or via FAX at 978-739-8501.

If you want to mail in a submission, photos, press releases, etc., you can send them to Joe McConnell, c/o Community Newspapers Sports Dept., 72 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, MA. 01915.

Rising Star Basketball School

The Rising Star Basketball School will begin its fifth season at Marblehead High School running Aug. 6-10, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Recognized as Greater Boston’s finest teaching camps, Rising Star attracts outstanding coaches who provide concepts. Ball handling drills; shooting mechanics; passing and individual moves are taught and drilled in an effort to create proper habits. Progressive drills on individual improvement on offense and defense are done daily. Two games a day are played to allow the players a chance to implement what is being taught.

The camp is directed by Kevin O’Brien, former head coach at Brandeis and Stonehill with a total of 17 years of college coaching experience including Harvard and Boston University. He is assisted by top area coaches including Chris Mastrangelo of Peabody, Mike Kasprzak of Woburn and Wayne Hanscom of Marblehead.

“From our inception, our goal has been to put kids in a learning environment that values teaching, hard work and improving,” O’Brien said. “We reach out to the great high school player as well as to the younger kids new to the game. The success of our camp is the quality of the coaches we have on staff and the high level of teaching that goes on. The improvement of each player is out goal. We have been pleased with the positive feedback on our basketball school.”

Life skills are incorporated into each day’s workouts. Coaches stress the value of a solid work ethic, positive attitude and teamwork. Many outstanding local players who have attended Rising Star have gone on to have noteworthy careers.